DuPage Co. (ECWd) - When the light of truth gets shined on public bodies violating the public trust, we see people flee office in hopes of escaping further scrutiny. It appears more scrutiny is on the way for Tri-State Fire Protection District officials, as the Board...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - While doing numerous searches on the internet over the last several months we, found information on donations made by chief Jack Mancione to the Cancun Mexico fire department. This struck me as odd considering the needs of other more local fire...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - "When a government administrator has personal and business problems, the lack of attention to important details seems to increase resulting in poor judgment overall that can flow over into their important job of serving the public. Below I revisit Chief Mancione of...
Tri-State FPD (ECWd) - You know there are problems, when as a public employee and citizen, you have to report any contact with elected officials to your boss. So goes the Tri-State Fire Protection District and a policy put into affect in 2011 - is it any...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - My concerns with the Chief of the Tri State Fire District began when I received a FOIA response with unredacted medical vitals of the firefighters under his watch. (Click here for that article) My experience with public officials that shirk important duties...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Just as I stated in the last article on this character, he has misrepresented the facts in his resignation letter. I stated in this article: "We will request a copy of the resignation letter as I am sure it will be filled with...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We received word today from Eric Habercross, a Tri State FPD Trustee, that a resignation letter was submitted by Micheal Orrico on August 12th, 2015, three days after being exposed of his illegaly holding office. Not sure why Orrico wasted his time with...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - When will elected officials learn that just because they get exposed for breaking the law, it does not give them any authority to issue a cease and desist. Micheal Orrico, the trustee that buys several ambulances from the very company he works for...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - One would think when you reach the level of a Chief Officer, let alone Fire Chief, you would understand the ramifications of releasing personal medical information of your employees without their permission, however, it appears that is not the case for Chief...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - A former trustee that simply reeks of impropriety as was covered in previous articles appears to have wanted to be a trustee like no other we have ever seen in public office. Former because as was outlined previously, he no longer legally...
